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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791363703321

Autore

Fitzpatrick Matthew P

Titolo

Liberal imperialism in Germany [[electronic resource] ] : expansionism and nationalism, 1848-1884 / / Matthew P. Fitzpatrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2008

ISBN

1-282-62693-0

9786612626937

0-85745-052-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Monographs in German history ; ; v. 23

Disciplina

320.54094309034

Soggetti

Imperialism - History - 19th century

Liberalism - Germany - History - 19th century

Germany History 1848-1870

Germany History 1871-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page-Liberal Imperialism in Germany; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I-A liberal empire for a liberal nation; Chapter 1-National Unification and Overseas Expansion at the Franfurt National Assembly, 1848-1849; Chapter 2-Mythopoesis-Imperialism as nationalism; Part II-Liberal Imperialism in the 'Post-liberal' era; Chapter 3-Informal empire and private sector imperialism, 1849-1884; Chapter 4-Burgerlich agency and the world of the Verrin 1849-1884; Chapter 5-Bismarck and the Sociopolitical COntext of the Colonial 'Umschwung'

Part III-The texts of ImperialismChapter 6-Expansionist Agitation after 1849; Chapter 7-Geography and Anthropology in the service of imperialism; Chapter 8-Popular culture and the transmission of imperialist values; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Related Title of Interest

Sommario/riassunto

In a work based on new archival, press and literary sources, the author revises the picture of German imperialism as being the brainchild of a Machiavellian Bismarck or the "conservative revolutionaries" of the twentieth century. Instead, Fitzpatrick argues for the liberal origins of



German imperialism, by demonstrating the links between nationalism and expansionism in a study that surveys the half century of imperialist agitation and activity leading up to the official founding of Germany's colonial empire in 1884.